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About 3 years ago i bit the bullet and bought a mac after saying i never would because of various reasons. I cant tell you how happy i am that i did. I actually didnt tell anybody i bought one for quite some time. The macs do cost twice as much but you need to make a decision about what is important to you. For me its time and reduction of stress due to my pc not working. If you want a computer without the popups, mandatory virus software subscriptions and blue screens of death i recommend a mac. Its actually a bit odd..I no longer have any computer problems but still have to help friends and family troubleshoot their pc's.

great video..unfortunately as a citizen of the great state of illinois im watching this movie play out first hand...its a mess. Not quite sure where it all ends but we illinoisans are going to get are pants taxed off. Down in springfield every tax imaginable is being tossed around. Im sure we will have a income tax increase along with a increased gas tax. the best one i heard yet was a "download" tax on music..you may be thinking im kidding but im not.

so does anyone have ideas how to most efficiently short the bond market?? not sure how effective the etfs are.

Well guys I happen to live in a part of illinois with some of the highest yield per acre farmland in the country. It was going for around $5500 per acre in 2007 and i believe that it has yet to drop much at all..just fewer transactions. My family owns land but its quite a crappy investment its pretty much just in our hands for family nostalgia...we receive i think around $150 an acre in rent per year. If you actually farm it yourself and have no or very little cost basis thats a different story...but you can still lose your ass doing that. One thing that holds price up artificially high is the fact that farmers buy or inherit and hold forever. Im sure some farmers have leveraged way up to buy land in recent years but there are many more who have not. Anyways im waiting for it too crash again like the mid 80's so i can buy some..lol

I have been selling junk silver coins for my father on ebay and its crazy what im getting for them. AFTER fees and shipping i have been getting 12 to 13 times face value. So i am basically getting the spot silver price or a bit more on ebay..this eliminates the coin shop guy from getting his piece.

I am not familiar with prosper.com but i also have had a lendingclub.com account for about 6 months . I have not had any defaults yet but im sure they will come. The great thing is that it does not cost to diversify your loan portfolio so you can limit your losses in case of default. I really enjoy the whole concept of playing banker and its entertainment for me.

well if u guys check the volume on the jan 10 280's today you will see one traded...lol that was me selling..i was up 200% on the sucker..hope it wasnt one of you guys buying cause id kinda feel stupid...oh well nobodys getting my shares

Just wondering what everyone thinks about options that will start trading tommorrow on the B shares on the CBOE. I wonder what Warren will have to say about this. maybe no big deal not sure.

I really tend to agree with these points he makes in the article. I am currently in the market for my first home and after looking at prices offered in my area (far south burb of chicago) it seems lots of people still think its 2006 even though more and more properties come on the market. So here i wait for a distressed seller.

ill be there..

Sanjeev, hey just wondering if there is enough members of the "corner" headed to Omaha to have a cocktail hour on friday or sat night??

Wow..gee thanks for the heads up Fitch.

that was great!!!..I really enjoyed cramers comment that he could show you tapes of buffett making recommendations that would make him look like a fool. Hmmm..I didnt know Warren made stock recommendations. I do feel a bit sorry for cramer though..after making calls on buying or selling 5 days a week the guy is bound to get a couple wrong...lol

i just wanted to say that im actually very happy about the change in question format that warren is implementing. Last year some of the questions and rantings really were a waste of time to Warren and Charlie and the other 25000 of us sitting there..

im also waiting on the private equity implosion..which i dont think will be pretty. Im sure everyone remembers in 2005 and 2006 it was an endless amount of PE deals. day after day after day of billion dollar takeovers and mergers and you really arent hearing anything about any of them going sour. Back when all that was happening i thought it was nuts and remember thinking this cant go on forever. oh well its probably too late to short Blackstone..